Rowing

Rowing - Summer Sports - Titans Sports - Tauranga Boys' College

Teacher in Charge: Tanya Williams [email protected]

Director of Rowing: Richard Gee [email protected]

Coaches: Sarah Coatsworth, Nicky Austin

To our prospective new rowers and parents, we offer a very warm welcome!

Rowing is a unique sport: Success demands individual mastery of a skill, then application of this skill in a team environment. No individual has ever crossed the line first, without the help of his crew, on and/or off water. Rowing is about the crew, your mates and doing your best for the team.

Rowing offers great reward and lifelong friendships to those who make the effort. The boys learn teamwork, resilience and belief in hard work. These are values that can be carried through all aspects of life at school and beyond.

The culmination of our season is in March 2026 - the Aon Maadi Regatta - the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships. This season it will be at Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel. Tauranga Boys College has a long and proud legacy in Rowing and we are working hard to build a robust and sustainable program to enable the boys to compete against the best schools in New Zealand, once again.

I am looking forward to a great season and I would urge all parents to become involved and support their son. Boys, I wish you every success in your rowing journey.

Tanya Williams

Teacher in Charge

GIVE IT A GO

WHEN: Sundays excluding 9th, 23rd and 30th of March.

WHERE: Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club, 369 Wairoa Road, past Bethlehem

TIME: Sundays at 11am to 1.30pm

COST: Free!

*Bring a water bottle, sports gear, sunscreen, a hat and socks.

LEARN TO ROW - Autumn/ Winter terms

Sessions will be held at various times, beginning in Term 2. For novices, these will generally consist of one session on the indoor rower ( erg) one body conditioning and one on- water session on a Sunday. You will also be notified of Learn To Row times in the TBC Rowing noticeboard, school notices, on the TBC Learn to Row WhatsApp group.

Come as much as you can as the more you train at this time, the quicker you will get better. It does not matter if you are unable to make every session.

*There will be a cost of $150 for Term 2 Learn to Row for Novice Rowers.

TRAINING:

On-water training is done in the afternoons at Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club at Wairoa River, near Bethlehem and on the weekends, usually Sunday mid morning. Transport after school will be supplemented by the school minivan, if available but we rely on parents to organise getting their rower to the river, with carpooling as an option. Off-water sessions are in the school training gym at the Devoy Squash Centre, diagonal to school on Devonport Rd, or at school.

TRAINING TIMES AND SEASON:

Rowing is a summer sport. The rowing regatta season starts in September and goes through to March/April the following year. Novice Rowers start in the Learn to Row program (April til August) then continue to train and begin competing in regattas from November.

Winter training may involve one on-water and an off-water session. On-water training sessions usually last around 2 hours.

Training for all our rowers is usually in the afternoons during the week and on a Saturday or Sunday morning around 8-9am all season (except just before the two big school regattas in March when training is increased).

More experienced rowers may be offered optional training on a Sunday morning for interprovincial squads.

It is OK if your Rowing training is minimised during the winter season, and we strongly encourage you to pursue a winter sport.

Training ramps up at the end of Term 3 and continues through the holidays into Term 1. At this time, you will be training multiple times per week, whether on or off water.

TRAINING CAMP

We have a Rowing camp from January 2nd to 7th, 2026 at Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club. It is important to attend this camp as it is often an opportunity for coaches to begin the process of choosing places for the rowers in crews for the main regattas.

UNIFORM:

TBC students will need to purchase the following by paying at the school office and bringing the receipt to me in Room 23 for uniform collection.

Training shirt - $45

The following are not needed until September for new rowers:

TBC rowsuit - $135
TBC socks - $20
TBC Tracksuit - $145 (from uniform shop)
Racing cap - $28 (from uniform shop)

By March, Senior boys will need formal uniform consisting of:

Navy trousers (can be purchased from uniform shop for $74)
White long sleeved shirt (Kmart or Warehouse have these)
TBC tie (can be purchased for $25 from uniform shop)
TBC Blazer (borrowed from school office)
Black shoes

Some additional items may be available this season such as singlets, polos, bike shorts, jackets and rugby jerseys.

There may be second hand items available.

EQUIPMENT:

You will have all equipment provided at your training sessions, but you will just be responsible for bringing a drink bottle, sunhat, sunscreen, socks and a thermal layer for training in the colder months.

COSTS:

Give it a go is free
Learn to Row in term 2 is $150
For the season, September 2024 to March 2025, fees are $1140, and this will go on your rower’s school account, payable in a lump sum or in increments
Regatta fees will be approximately $500 for the season and added on a pro-rata basis
As this is a South Island Maadi season, there will be costs for travel, accommodation and food in the South Island for 10 days which will be approximately $2000. Whilst we will not be taking all Novice crews, if your crew is doing very well, we would want to take you.
Uniform fees are extra, and prices are stated above
Coxswains do not pay fees unless we are going to a South Island Maadi
Financial assistance is available through various school funds, if needed, and can be applied for

REGATTA DATES 2025/26:

To be confirmed

INTERESTED?

Students that are interested in Rowing, either email or meet with Mrs Williams in R23.

You can also join the Google Classroom - code is sbkzqhw

Our main communication is via WhatsApp